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Posting a little early today during a break between two school programs on meteorology….
BRING ON THE WEEKEND: We are still forecast dry weather over the weekend, with warm afternoons and pleasant nights. The GFS MOS looks a little too warm; the NAM is more reasonable; that model is forecasting 80 tomorrow and 83 Sunday for Birmingham. Morning lows will remain in the 50s.
NEXT WEEK: A trough over the western U.S. will move slowly to the east, and the GFS is having a hard time resolving the details. The 12Z run of the GFS brings rain into Alabama on Wednesday and Thursday; the 00Z run did not have rain in here until Friday of next week. Bottom line is that confidence is growing that we will have a decent rain event around the middle or end of next week; we will resolve the details as we get closer.
FOOTBALL AND RACE WEATHER: Perfection describes the weather for tonight’s high school games with temperatures around the 7:30 kick off in the 60s and cooling to the upper 50s in the 4th quarter. On Saturday, Trinity University from San Antonio will be at Birmingham’s Regions Park for a noon kick off with Birmingham Southern. The warmest temperature during the game should be around 84. Kentucky will be in Tuscaloosa to play Alabama in a 2:30 kick off on CBS. About 85 degrees at kick off and in the 70s in the 4th quarter. At 5:00 p.m., there will be a kick off in Nashville where Vanderbilt meets Auburn on ESPN. Clear weather expected with 78 at kick off and 62 at the final whistle. This is a major NASCAR race weekend at Talladega. Clear, dry weather is expected with highs around 85 and lows 55 to 60. Since there will be so much sun it will feel rather warm in the infield and in the stands during the afternoons.
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I had a great time today seeing the 1st graders at Liberty Park Elementary in Vestavia; I am about to head to Mountain Brook Elementary for a program for their 2nd graders. Look for all the kids on the KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News! My next video will be posted Monday morning by 7:00 a.m…. Brian Peters will have the video updates tomorrow and Sunday. Enjoy the weekend!
